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2011 COP17 succumbs to Climate Apartheid!
Antidote is Cochabamba Peoples’ Agreement! CJN! Press release, 10 December, Durban, S. Africa Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, according to […]
Climate finance should not add to the external debt burdens of poor recipient countries, says UN expert
A news release issued by the United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner. GENEVA (8 December 2011) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human […]
“Various Approaches” text to go to ministers
Durban, 9 Dec (Payal Parekh) – With no consensus in the Informal group tasked with Various Approaches including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, […]
Activists beaten at COP17 by Durban ‘volunteers’
by CANAAN MDLETSHEand NIVASHNI NAIR. Published in Times Live The heavy-handed actions of the “green bombers” – so called by activists because of their green uniforms and aggression – and […]
Durban Diary: Climate Reality Check
December 9, 2011 · By Janet Redman International climate negotiations, like those now grinding through their second week in Durban, South Africa, are generally rife with spin and counter spin. […]
In the face of doomed negotiations: CLIMATE Asia Pacific calls for Wider Climate Change Education and Genuine Solutions
We have an urgent environmental crisis, but the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of Parties that ends now in Durban, South Africa has remained stuck […]
Mic Check: Protesters take up camp inside COP17 conference centre
by Tim McSorley, Published in The Media Coop At 15h00 local time in Durban, SA (8am EST), dozens of protesters gathered inside the International Conference Centre where the COP17 negotiations […]